Hamsa – Integral Breathwork

The Art and Science of Breathing Consciously and Correctly

Dr. Andrew Weil:

If I had to limit my advice on healthier living to just one tip, it would be simply to learn how to breathe correctly. From my own experience and from working with patients, I have come to believe that proper breathing is the master key to good health.

– Andrew Weil, M.D., author of Natural Health, Natural Medicine

Dr. Weil has also said:

The simplest and most important technique for protecting your health is breathing. I have seen breath control alone achieve remarkable results: lowering blood pressure, ending heart arrhythmias, improving long-standing patterns of poor digestion, increasing blood circulation throughout the body, decreasing anxiety and allowing people to get off addictive anti-anxiety drugs and improving sleep and energy cycles.

Deepak Chopra:

The Breath is the meeting ground between the conscious and unconscious minds. It is the access point that bridges the connection to body, mind, emotions and spirit.

– Deepak Chopra

What is Breathwork?

Breathwork is a (Breath Therapy) way to release dysfunctional patterns like fear, anxiety, and worry and live a creative and harmonious life by breathing correctly and consciously.

Breathwork is a way to create vitality, focus, peace and unity in your life

Everybody has to breathe to survive in the physical plane. But by breathing consciously and correctly we use the hidden potential in the breath to create physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing. To breathe consciously and correctly is an art and also there is science behind it. It needs continuous practice and some effort. But effort is more like effortless effort, not controlled and forced and hence it is not quick fix.

If Conscious and Correct breathing is the foundation of every Breath Therapy, we can ask two questions:

Healing and nourishing our lives

Integral Breathwork is a powerful process that uses the breath to open, heal and integrate the multidimensional aspects of the human psyche. Breath is a bridge between the inner and outer aspects of life, and therefore is unique in its ability to bring these into harmony with the Whole. This simple method of whole-life nurturing is a powerful healing on its own and acts as a catalyst for other healing practices.

The main goal of Hamsa Integral Breathwork is to help people integrate their being and therefore live a more and more creative and harmonious life.

With the inhalation inwardly one is unified with the eternal and with the exhalation outwardly one dedicates oneself to the cosmic purpose of evolution.

The ultimate goal of Hamsa Integral Breathwork would be to give birth to a Hamsa=Swan-an Integral Cosmic Man.

Hamsa Integral Breathwork brings a variety of breathing techniques together, grounding in the central practice of deep, conscious, connected breathing. We take an integral approach as developed by Sri Aurobindo, Integral Philosopher Ken Wilber, Dr. Hariprasad Chaudhari, and other pioneers. This is a philosophy of balanced, harmonious and creative living with the goal of dynamic union with timeless reality in the field of action (time -reality).

The Breathing technique we use in this method comes from sources including Rebirthing breathwork as developed by Leonard Orr, Breath mastery as created By Dan Brule, and from the teaching of classical Hatha Yoga.

What’s the meaning of Hamsa?

Hamsa is a Sanskrit word usually translated to mean a swan (or sometimes goose or other mythic bird). The Hamsa is a symbol of purity, power of spiritual discernment, perfect unity, and balance. It also represents breath of life and Sprit. The word has two-parts, Ham and Sa. Ham means I: the self and Sa means That (He or She): the Supreme Being. Ham is the sound of inhalation, of going inside and resting in I-AM and Sa is the sound of exhalation, of going out and giving oneself to creation. With this rhythmic and conscious act of breathing, of inhalation and exhalation in the physical plane, one is dynamically in union with the Universal force. One peacefully gives and takes, living in balance and harmony.The Hamsa therefore symbolizes a thoroughly integrated person, perfectly at home in the World, peaceful with himself, with social environment, and with the outside world. A swan (Hamsa) can walk on land, swim in water and also fly in the air. So the Hamsa represents a perfectly integrated individual because he has the capacity to adjust intelligently in all the domains of life and spheres of existence. Uniting with the ultimate ground of existence, he attains and joyfully radiates peace, love and light. He establishes a dynamic and meaningful interrelationship with self, society and nature. )

Session and Price

Session

Individual session

Typically one session lasts for two hrs to two and half hrs. With intake questions and observation of client’s breathing/movements and other physical-mental behavior, the Guide tries to sense who a client is in her/his inner and outer world. After 1/2hrs-I hrs of conversation and some breathing exercises, somatic movements practices clients is asked to lie down to breathe for 45 minutes to I hrs and 15minutes. Client is guided to do circular connected breathing .

Multiple Sessions

Generally to achieve deep result 10 sessions are recommended.

During 10 sessions period along with conscious connected breathwork some other technique such as yoga therapy, integral life practices/coaching, psycho synthesis, visualization and imagery and integral meditation are used synergistically. Group sessionsGroup sessions are a nice way to connect with others and enjoy breathing with like-minded people. It is less expensive if somebody cannot afford the price of Individual sessions. However it is not possible to go as deep as in individual session. Price$108, for one session$250 three sessions$600-$700 for 10 session These prices are negotiable. If your budget is tight, feel free to contact us. We will try to work with you.

Some Simple Breathing techniques

For a clarity and focus

Grounding breathing

As you inhale squeeze your fist and expand your chest opening your heart with smile and as you exhale imagine a chord is dropped down towards the center of earth with opening fist and relaxing jaw, face, shoulder and perineum. Create a feeling in the body that everything is opening up. Create a sense of belonging, presence dropping down the body weight towards the earth. Know that earth is holding and supporting you.

20 connected breath when one is anxious, not in the present

Take 4 short, followed by one long continuous breath. Do not pause between inhalation and exhalation. Repeat this process 5 times.

As you breathe, merge the incoming breath with the out going breath in an unbroken circle.